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• • ·Practice-based continuing education combined with process improvement methods improves delivery of preventive services to children

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    James L. Vacek

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• • ·Chest pain observation units reduce hospital admission in people with acute chest pain

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    Michael A Ross

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• • ·Six monthly follow-up is as effective as 3 monthly follow-up for people with hypertension

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    Mark R Nelson

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• • ·Intensive follow-up for colorectal cancer is cost-effective

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    Björn Ohlsson

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• • ·After a stroke, ability with daily tasks of living improves after therapy based rehabilitation services

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    Michael Power

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• • ·Unscheduled care for people with asthma in a multi-ethnic area is reduced following educational outreach programme by specialist nurses

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    Arvid W.A Kamps

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• • ·Attending a single care site associated with improved glycaemic control in people with diabetes

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    Peter Harvey

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• • ·Appointment attendance predicts level of glycaemic control in people with diabetes

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    Barbara M Rohland

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• • ·Laparoscopic hysterectomy is not cost effective compared with vaginal hysterectomy

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    Benjamin L Crawford

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• • ·Exercise training programmes improve survival and delay hospital admission in people with chronic heart failure

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    Neil Smart, Thomas H Marwick

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• • ·Breast feeding support from volunteer counsellors does not increase rates of breast feeding

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    Amal K Mitra

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• • ·Link between diagnostic X-rays and cancer uncertain

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    John R Cameron

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• • ·Smoking high tar cigarettes increases risk of death from lung cancer, but no differences in risk for smokers of very low, low and medium tar cigarettes

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    Silvano Gallus

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• • ·Lowering homocysteine levels does not reduce rates of stroke, coronary heart disease or death in people with ischaemic stroke

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    Yi-Chia Huang

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• • ·No association between mobile phone usage and development of acoustic neuroma

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    Lennart Hardell

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• • ·Consuming less than 4 alcoholic drinks per week does not increase risk of pre-term delivery

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    Heather L. Paladine

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• • ·H. pylori eradication does not reduce gastric cancer incidence in a high-risk area of China

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    Bor-Shyang Sheu, Xi-Zhang Lin

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• • ·Liver cancer screening in a high-risk population in China fails to reduce mortality

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    Sammy Saab

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• • ·Hormone replacement therapy is not safe for breast cancer survivors

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    Rena Vassilopoulou-Sellin

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• • ·Intravenous magnesium sulphate does not improve survival or disability outcomes in people with stroke

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    Scott Selco, Bruce Ovbiagele

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• • ·Retaplase plus abciximab improves non-fatal outcomes, but not overall survival in people with diabetes and acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

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    Victor Serebruany

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• • ·Rate of major complications is higher in laparoscopic than abdominal hysterectomy but quality of life improves with both procedures

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    Lee A Learman

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